Man, those videos are very surreal to me... not really sure what to say other than I am totally puzzled what sort of rules govern this competition. It even seemed as though the rules dictate that when you get KO'd you have to do some kind of flashy twirl as you go down.

Thanks, "don". I have two by Nestor, one by Acordeon, and one by god knows who. I appreciate the the help, and my hat's off to you. I can't remember the last time I got punked at "Capoeira Jeapordy" :)

This is an improvement over what some groups do (i.e., totally avoiding physical contact). However its pretty tame to some of the stuff that goes on in some places. I know places where they have fight rodas and people routinely get choked out or knocked out.